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asakurasolon PSA If Your website uses Fastclick.js it'll break with next version of Chrome

More specifically, <select> will no longer work.

This may already be the case for Firefox on mobile.

asakurasolon Google Profits Surge on Strong Ad Demand

PokemonGo just got a callout in the earnings call.

I semi-experienced this last year when I was teaching coding in prison. For obvious reasons prisoners weren't allowed to have internet access, their learning entirely depended on outdated learning manuals and tutors.

It was hard, though it became clear very quickly which books were actually written for beginners even though all of them said "introduction to blah blah" or "foo bar for beginners".

asakurasolon Apply HN: Brodlist – a new type of database

Sounds neat!

What's the performance tradeoff, if any?

How far along development is it? Beta? Production ready?

asakurasolon Apply HN: Infection Resistant Materials for Preventing Infections

Probably my favorite so far. What is the business model and how do you get your first customer?